meanders

英 [miˈændəz]

美 [miˈændərz]

v.  蜿蜒而行; 迂回曲折; 漫步; 闲逛; (乏味地、令人费解地)漫谈，闲聊
n.  曲径; 迂回曲折的旅程
meander的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (河流、道路)蜿蜒而行，迂回曲折
  If a river or roadmeanders, it has a lot of bends, rather than going in a straight line from one place to another.
  1. ...roads that meandered round the edges of the fields...
     田地周围蜿蜒的道路
  2. A rural single railway track meanders through the valley...
     一条乡间的单轨铁路从山谷间曲折地穿过。
  3. The small river meandered in lazy curves down the centre...
     小河缓缓地绕着中心地区迤逦流过。
  4. We crossed a small iron bridge over a meandering stream.
     我们穿过架在蜿蜒小河上的一座小铁桥。
• 河曲;河湾
  Ameanderis a large bend in a river.
• VERB 漫步;闲荡;信步
  If youmeandersomewhere, you move slowly and not in a straight line.
  1. We meandered through a landscape of mountains, rivers, and vineyards...
     我们在群山、河流和葡萄园构成的美丽画卷中漫步。
  2. It's so restful to meander along Irish country roads.
     沿着爱尔兰的乡间小路漫步是多么惬意。
• VERB 漫谈;闲聊;(文章)结构松散
  If a speech, account, or piece of writingmeanders, it seems to move from one topic to another without any order or purpose.
  1. His talk appears to meander but by the end focuses attention on the true state of affairs.
     他的谈话看似不着边际，最终却集中到了事态的真相上来。
  2. ...a rich and meandering novel.
     一部内容丰富的漫谈小说

双语例句

• The dragon meanders around the hills and intersects at precise points the rectilinear bridge.
  龙游走在山间，并且在精确的地点与直线的桥相接。
• The Gray System Analysis and Prediction of the Large Meanders of Kuroshio Current Big and Good Matter
  黑潮大弯曲的灰色分析和预测
• The baroclinic instability is the predominant mechanism for the growth of disturbances, and the mean available potential energy is the main energy source for the frontal meanders.
  扰动成长的主要机制是斜压不稳定，锋面弯曲的主要能源是平均有效位能。
• Development of meanders under varying water and sediment load conditions in the Lower Yellow River
  黄河下游游荡性河段河弯发育与来水来沙的关系
• The river forms new meanders that curve along the valley floor.
  河流形成新的河曲，在谷底逶迤流淌。
• The meanders of a prattling brook, were shaded with straggling willows and alder trees.
  一条小河蜿蜒掩映在稀疏的柳树和桤树的树荫间，淙淙作响。
• More than the beginning of his novel meanders is not mysterious, but intriguing.
  他小说的开头多娓娓道来，不故弄玄虚，但却耐人寻味。
• In the presence of the upwelling, the EUC meanders along the zonal direction, with its core diving down to 300m depth at the west side of the upwelling and rising up to 100m depth at the east side.
  由于该上升流的存在，使赤道潜流沿纬向发生弯曲：位于上升流西侧的潜流流轴降至300m水层深处，而东侧上升至100m左右的水层深处。
• Study on the form law and the causes of formation in natural alluvial river meanders
  天然冲积河湾成因及形态规律
• Since the stable transportation of sediment by hyperconcentrated flow is 'dependent on river channel boundary conditions, the latter plays an important role in formation of meanders of this kind.
  由于高含沙水流的稳定输送有赖于边界条件，故边界条件在这种曲流河床的形成中起了重要的作用。